At 10:17 AM +0100 12/27/00, Shaun McCullagh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I used './configure --enable-standalone --enable-debugging' to configure
> Qpopper 3.1.2 on PPC Linux Kernel 2.2.6. We use shadow passwords on this
> machine with no NIS.
>
> Qpopper compiles with no errors but fails to authenticate:
>
>>$ telnet s5 8765
>>Trying 192.168.31.2...
>>Connected to s5.blah.com.
>>Escape character is '^]'.
>>+OK QPOP (version 3.1.2) at s5.blah.com starting.
>>USER sm
>>+OK Password required for smcculla.
>>PASS xxxxxxx
>>-ERR [AUTH] Password supplied for "sm" is incorrect.
>
> I get the same problem on RH6.2.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA.
>
> Shaun
My guess is that you are using shadow passwords. You need to run
./configure --enable-specialauth. Check the INSTALL file for
information about shadow passwords.
Try:
make realclean
./configure --enable-specialauth --enable-standalone
--enable-debugging
make
